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Classification

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Classification is a general process related to categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood.

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A classification system is an approach to accomplishing classification.

Classification may refer specifically to:

Mathematics

  • Statistical classification, identifying to which of a set of categories a new observation belongs, on the basis of a training set of data
  • Mathematical classification, a collection of sets which can be unambiguously defined by a property that all its members share
  • Classification theorems in mathematics
  • Attribute-value system, a basic knowledge representation framework

    • Media

  • Document classification, a problem in library science, information science and computer science
  • Library classification, system of coding, assorting and organizing library materials according to their subject
  • Classified information, sensitive information to which access is restricted by law or regulation to particular classes of people
  • Motion picture rating system, for film classification
  • Classification (literature), a figure of speech linking a proper noun to a common noun using the or other articles

    • Science

  • Scientific classification (disambiguation)
  • Chemical classification
  • Taxonomic classification, also known as classification of species
  • Cladistics, an approach using similarities
  • Biological classification of organisms
  • Medical classification, the process of transforming descriptions of medical diagnoses and procedures into universal medical code numbers

    • Business, organizations, and economics

  • Classification of customers, for marketing (as in Master data management) or for profitability (e.g. by Activity-Based Costing)
  • Standard Industrial Classification, economic activities
  • Job classification, as in job analysis

    • Other uses

  • Civil service classification, personnel grades in government
  • Classification society, a non-governmental organization that establishes and maintains technical standards for the construction and operation of ships and offshore structures
  • Product classification
  • Locomotive classification
  • Classification of wine
  • An industrial process such as mechanical screening for sorting materials by size, shape, and density, etc
  • Classification of swords
  • Security classification

    • Organizations involved in classification

  • International Society for Knowledge Organization

    • References

    Classification Wikipedia
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